Frequently Asked Questions
How do I send a sample?
Within Yale Health Systems:
Core Laboratory
Attn: DNA Lab 55 Park Street 5th Floor
New Haven, CT 06510
Outside Yale Health Systems:
DNA Diagnostics Lab
Yale University School of Medicine
SHM I323
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, CT 06520-8005
Please contact the DNA Diagnostic lab to confirm that we have received the sample.
Samples may be delivered to the Core Laboratory or to the Diagnostic Lab (after hours, samples must be hand-delivered to the Core Laboratory).
What are the sample requirements?
Blood
- 1 to 5 ml preferably in EDTA (lavender tube) at room temperature
- ACD (yellow tube), Heparin (green tube)
Saliva
- Oragene kits at room temperature
- Collected per manufacturer’s instructions in the presence of a medical professional
Other Specimen Types
- Our lab can work with a variety of different samples upon request. Please contact the lab (Phone: 203-785-5745) for questions and to make special arrangements for sample types other than the ones listed above.
How will patients receive results?
Upon completion of testing, results will be uploaded to the patient’s chart in EPIC or faxed to the referring provider.
Patients must contact their physician for test results; the lab only reports results of testing to the ordering physician.